Ádám Bodor
Hungarian writer
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| Intro | Hungarian writer | ||||||||||||||||||
| Places | Romania Hungary | ||||||||||||||||||
| is | Poet Writer | ||||||||||||||||||
| Work field | Literature | ||||||||||||||||||
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| Birth | 22 February 1936, Cluj-Napoca, Kingdom of Romania | ||||||||||||||||||
| Age | 88 years | ||||||||||||||||||
| Star sign | Pisces | ||||||||||||||||||
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Biography
Ádám Bodor (born 22 February 1936 in Cluj) is an award-winning Hungarian author of Transylvanian Hungarian origin.
Life and writing
Bodor was born in Romania to a staunchly anti-communist father and was himself an anti-communist. In his youth he believed in Transylvanian independence and overthrowing the Communist state. At seventeen he was arrested by the Securitate. After being freed he studied at a Calvinist seminary and began writing. After this he left Romania for Hungary and then spent some time in the West. Several of his works have been adapted to film.